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November 1, 2017

The event for the World Stroke Day

On October 30, 2017, the European Medical Students' Association of the School of Medicine of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University carried out a series of events dedicated to the World Stroke Day, attended by instructors and students of the school. Four students from India, Iraq, Nigeria and Ukraine presented their reports on methods of stroke prevention, taking into account the recommendations of national health systems. The event was attended by instructors of the Department of Clinical Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology, Candidate of Medicine, associate professor D. V. Lebedynets and assistant P. V. Lebedynets.

During the event students were given the opportunity to improve their skills in calculating body mass index, measuring blood pressure, assessing the risk of possible stroke in the next 5 years using the software "Stroke Riskometer", etc.